---
id: CVE-2025-1244
title: A command injection flaw was found in the text editor Emacs
summary: >-
  A command injection flaw was found in the text editor Emacs. It could allow a
  remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on a
  vulnerable system. Exploitation is possible by tricking users into visiting a
  special…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-78
published: '2025-02-12'
updated: '2026-06-26'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1244'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1915'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1917'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1961'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1962'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1963'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1964'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2022'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2130'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2157'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2195'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:2754'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-1244'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345150'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=820f0793f0b46448928905552726c1f1b999062f
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/03/01/2'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=66390'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/etc/NEWS?h=emacs-30.1'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00033.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.02632
epssPercentile: 0.8489
ingestedAt: '2026-06-26T16:43:13.408Z'
---

## Overview

A command injection flaw was found in the text editor Emacs. It could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on a vulnerable system. Exploitation is possible by tricking users into visiting a specially crafted website or an HTTP URL with a redirect.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.